Baby Rescued From 40-Foot Well Reunites With Family
A 17 month old girl named Yvonne Beasley was rescued after four hours trapped in a 40 foot well shaft near Anderson, South Carolina. Rescue workers drilled a parallel shaft, removed a pipe and bucket, and delivered oxygen as the child cried for her sister. She survived with scrapes and hunger, then received warmth and milk at the hospital. The incident drew hundreds of onlookers as her father was away at class and neighbors attempted to call for help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Beasley
Anderson
S.C
Richard David
Toran
Bors
Yvonne
Beasleys
Motheu
Beasley
Anderson High School
Becaune
Annals Bean
Long Island
Benny
Wisconsin voters nominate for McCarthy seat in Aug. 27 primary
Wisconsin voters select Democratic and Republican nominees for the Aug. 27 special election to fill the late Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy's unexpired term. Seven Republicans and two Democrats compete as Gov. Vernon Thomson calls the primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wis
Vernon Thomson
Clement Zablocki
William Proxmire
Proxmire
Madison
GOP
Walter Kohler
Eisenhower
Glenn Davis
House
Davis
Paving Projects On Agenda For Council Tonight
Beesley's City Council meets in special session at 7 30 p m to hear pros and cons on paving three streets Bero Hylton and two Quarry sections and to bid the pav ing Also discussed are the 1957 58 city budget and new fire department equipment including a smoke ejector and hose maintenance machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beesley
Bero
Hylton
Comncie
Bernard Martin
Otis Lyons
Lyons
McDowell Man Slain Wife Held in WV Shooting
Edgar Sparkman, a 23 year old father of six from Bradshaw, was shot three times in the doorway of a tavern in Teager West Virginia. His 27 year old wife Lauraina Sturgess Sparkman has been charged with murder after she admitted firing the shots following a quarrel inside the tavern. The deputy sheriff quoted Mrs Sparkman saying Sparkman threw a beer bottle and threatened to kill her.
Four Individuals Fined $40 Total in Midway Court
Charges included assault and battery reckless driving and destruction of property. Alfred Blackburn reported damage to his Midway Drive-in prompting four arrests by State Police. Mrs Elsie Blevins and her husband run the drive-in with Burdiss ordering payment for broken windows. Fairest Woods of Killarney was fined for driving on the left of the highway. Shirley Garner of Midway faced assault and battery of a minor.
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Sophia
RNS
C. T. Bundiss
Elsie Blevins
Afiss Shirley Garner
Midway
Alfred Blackburn
Midway Drive-in
State Mine Inspector Paul Boland Resigns
Paul Boland resigns as state mine inspector of District No. 15 New River Division to become foreman at New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co. His resignation is effective July 31 and he starts duties around August 15.
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OAK Hill
RNS
Paul Boland
New River Division
Crayford L. Wilson
West Virginia Department of Mines
Boland
New River
Pocahontas
Henderson Acquitted On One Of Three Counts
Henderson was acquitted on one of three counts in a Southern District of West Virginia case. Judge Ben Moore ruled the third count improper and ordered a possible jury electing remaining charges. The indictment accused C. H. Henderson of embezzlement at Raleigh County Bank with June 23 1956 700 dollars June 27 1956 600 dollars and July 11 1956 2300 dollars.
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C. H. “Pate? Henderson
Buckley
Southern District Federal Court
Ben Moore
I Counsels
Parlrament
Ashworth
Henderson
Moore
Raleigh County Bank
W. H. McGinnis
D. D. Ashworth
Car Wreck Kills Bluefield Baseball Player
Joe Parkey 18 the Bluefield Appalachian League shortstop was killed instantly in a single car crash on U S 21 two miles north of town. Ralph Hill 18 is in critical condition at a Bluefield hospital and Arthur Thompson 18 from Boissevain Va suffered minor injuries. The car went into a ditch, overturned and skidded about 700 feet before stopping.
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Bluefield
Joe Parkey
U. S. 21
Here
Ralph Hill
Arthur Thompson
Boissevian
Howard C. Thompson
Sprague Juvenile Jailed on Delinquency Charge
A Sprague juvenile was placed in the Raleigh County Jail today on a delinquency charge and will appear before Juvenile Court Judge Varry McCreery Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprague
Raleigh
Varry McCreery
Weather notes from Virginia towns shown
Fragmentary weather data from Virginia spots including Beckley Oak Hill and nearby times. high yesterday and low last night partially recorded with 7 am today and 10 am readings. Missing details prevent full numeric reporting.
Knowland vows all winter fight on rights bill
Senate Republican Leader Knowland said his forces will stay in session all winter to push an effective civil rights bill. He repeated that he will not compromise on a jury trial provision and warned Southern Democrats against obstruction. Knowland believes enough votes exist to defeat amendments forcing jury trials for contempt cases guarding votes. Southerners dispute the tally amid several undecided senators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knowland
Wasslington
Senate Republican
Senate
White House
Eisenhower
California
Knoiwland
Raleigh County Considers Air Conditioning for Courtroom
Raleigh County commissioners acting as board of equalization heard no complaints on assessments this morning. W A Thornhill and John Ashworth urged air conditioning for a courtroom and were told to obtain estimates for eight window type units for possible summer use by Criminal, Circuit, and Federal courts.
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Raleigh
W. A. Thornhill
John Ashworth
Raleigh County Bar Association
Thornhill
Criminal
Circuit
Federal Court
Mine Victim's Rites Wednesday
Luther Thomas Cook 41 of Itmann died from chest injuries after a slate fall at the Deerfield Mine Pocahontas Fuel Company He was a third shift foreman and was inspecting a roof slip when a five inch slate section fell Witnessed by a machine operator Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Pilgrim Holiness Church Bramwell Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery Bluefield. He was born June 24 1916 in Freeman Mercer County and survived by his wife five sons two daughters three brothers and four sisters. The body to be moved from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home to the Freeman home this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Cook
Freeman
Mercer County
Robert
Maggie Coram Cook
German coal importer tours American mines
Br Hane Hohendahl of Weisbaden Germany visits Raleigh Fayette and Greenbrier counties with W E Straughan Beckley agent of C H Sprague & Son Co He studies American coal production and export paths from rail to ship including a Tams mine tour and will inspect surface ops and prep facilities before returning to New York and Boston for company visits He also toured Newport News and Washington DC monuments during the trip.
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Kitty Thompson
Beckley
Raleigh
Fayette
Greenbrier
Hane Hohendahl
Weisbaden
Germany
America
C. H. Sprague & Son Co
Gulf Coals Inc
New River Co
Imperial Smokeless
W. E. Straughan
The
Sprague Company
Hohendahl
Tams
Newport News
New York City
Boston
Weday
New York
Washington, D. C
Beckley Group Plans Park and Playground Project
Beckley residents in the southeastern section will form a community project to finish a park between F Street and Mill Ave. General Hannah and Stratton High School coach Murray Jeffries call for volunteers to work Friday at 5 p.m. bringing axes or shovels. a picnic will follow. Grace Salmon chairs refreshments for the three hour effort with hopes city and civic clubs will add swings toilets and a shelter house already in place.
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Beckley
City Park
General Hannah
Stratton High School
F Street
Hannah
Stratton
Murray Jeffries
Stratton High
Jeffries
I Mill Ave
Grace Salmon
Payloader Arrives for Beckley Street Department
A new payloader arrived in Beckley to support the city street department. The tractor type machine, used for loading heavy materials, was delivered by Rish Equipment Co. of Charleston after council approved the purchase in a special session last month, funded from the 1936 57 budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Citytreet Department
Rish Equipment Co
Charleston
Envoy to NATO in grave condition in Vienna Ga
Walter F. George, President Eisenhower's special ambassador to NATO, is in very critical condition from a coronary occlusion suffered a week ago. Dr. J. L. Malloy says George is weakening, shows shortness of breath, and may improve but outlook remains grave. Dr. J. Willis Hurst of Emory University is staying with him.
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Vienna
Walter F. George
Eisenhower
NATO
J. L. Malloy
George
Beckley Sky Chart Highlights Evening Planets and Moon
The Beclky page notes sunset at 8 36 p m and sunrise 6 27 a m on Wednesday The Moon set at 10 41 p m First quarter arrives Friday Prominent stars Arcturus is west at 11 16 p m and Femal e hout rises 12 03 a m Visible planets Venus low in west Jupiter north of the moon Saturn low in south west at 12 20 a m
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Arcturus
Venus
Jupiter
Will He Get Parole Leopold Learns Fate Today
Leopold, serving 33 years of a 99 year term for the Franks murder, seeks further sentence reduction to 6 years to become eligible for release this year. Gov Stratton’s decision looms after his parole plea and wartime malaria drug tests past. He and Richard Loeb were jailed at Joliet in 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Nathan Leopold
Leopold
William G. Stratton
Richard Loeb
Joliet
Dobby Franks
Chicago
Loobd
Adlai Stevenson
Parol E Board
Senate Leader Urges Tax Boost to Pay Korean Bonus Bonds
Senate Majority Leader Clarence W. Martin proposed temporarily raising the consumer sales tax to accelerate selling $18 million in Korean War bonus bonds. The idea surfaced during the extraordinary session prep started this week, with other leaders and officials at a meeting with Gov. Underwood to discuss amendments to the Korean bonus law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Onarleston Gh
State Senate
Ing
Underwood
Ralph J. Bean
D-Hardy
House
W. E. Flannery
D-Logan
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Alter
J. Kohler
McDowell
SV En aTaee
David Ashworth
Bar
Boner
Tdal Hargeet
Raleigh Conny Bar
Fele
Beckley Elks Club
George L. Ballard
Raleigh County Bar
Assa.t
Truman
Sayre
Vena Weather Virginia
German Tours Mines
Payloader
Street Department
Walter
Beckley Skies
University of Chicago
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Martin
Clarence W. Martin
Berkeley
Martinsburg
Sesson
J Skeen
Mty
W. W. Barron
Sheen
Uge
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